Hi i rly think its nonesense to remove npc for gold. If you think other way how are they supposed to farm tiers and get dias if they need to farm gold also? The best way to get rich or get going was the side of farming tier and till you get lvl 105 you get enought dias to make ur first tiers.
You allready gave starter gear which you can do all instances till rofl as support class no matter if it is s/b ch/d wl/m s/p w/p or just geting in party and start geting coins and cores.
I think we allready helped new players by leting them leeching cores in end game instances by playing with starter gear.Giving old items stats and this is what we get in return to farm gold for hours instad of runing those instances and helping new players ....
Its allready alot of gold to make cards and alot of farming to get lvl 5 on card and now we are also pushed to farm gold also not fair at all.There are ppl who enjoy runing instances not farming gold or tiers.
If ur plan is to make old player stop play this game i totaly understand then i am not puting in this game hours of farming for gold honestly . Its just what i think but all i can see its most of server opinion on this subject whit npc for gold and i rly think you should consider once more if this is good idea what are you doing atm.